Where Castilian Roses Bloom Memoirs of Maria Antonia Field

Maria Antonia Field

Published by Privately Printed By Grabhorn Press, San Fransisco, 1954

About this Item

Privately printed by Grabhorn Press, 1954. Limited edition, One of 500 copies. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering, Brown spine with blue title block and gilt lettering. Paper label with gilt title to spine. 4to. 142 pages with deckled edges: illustrations, color coats of arms, facsimiles, portraits tipped in. Beautiful frontispiece of The Virgin Mary. Contents consist of: My family in California -- Random notes -- La Granja, my old home in Monterey -- Dr. Manuel Quixano -- Glimpses of the Spanish era of California -- A glimpse of San Carlos Church, Monterey, and of San Carlos Mission in Carmelo -- My father -- Family life in our old home as I knew it -- Sister Mary Angelica -- "The old order changeth" -- My experiences during the financial depression of the 'Thirties -- Musings -- Sojournings in Europe -- Pilgrimage to Saint Anne de Beaupre -- Vale -- Epilogue. This self-published autobiography about a Spanish philanthropist in California and her work as a contributor to the reconstruction of the Spanish California Missions and to Catholic Missionaries in all parts of the world is extremely well persevered and in Near Fine condition.

Seller Inventory # 700

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Where Castilian Roses Bloom Memoirs of Maria Antonia Field
• Publisher: Privately Printed By Grabhorn Press, San Fransisco
• Publication Date: 1954
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • A Special Collection
  • Journals & Notebooks
  • Biography